Compensation

1 year (2014). Signed by Texas as a free agent 11/15/13 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 6/10/14. DFA by Texas 6/24/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by Texas 6/26/14 (refused assignment).

1 year (2013). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 11/10/12 (minor-league contract).

1 year (2012). Signed by Houston as a free agent 11/12/11 (minor-league contract).

BP Chats

Books you're currently reading, and plan to read, baseball and non-baseball divisions?(BL from Bozeman)

In the baseball division, I finally picked up a copy of D'Antonio's Forever Blue, and I keep meaning to crack Brad Snyder's A Well-Paid Slave (about Curt Flood). I'm currently finishing up Sebestyen's 1989 (a light run through the fall of the Wall) and Howe's What Hath God Wrought (heavy slog through 1815-1848 US history), and debating whether to turn to Herwig's new history of First Marne or Blom's The Vertigo Years. Also, Kerr's A Quiet Flame needs attention, since I like the Bernie Gunther series quite a bit. (Christina Kahrl)